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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 94, col. 3.
    avahan ava-han, cl. 2. P. -hanti, -tum, to

    strike, hit, beat off.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 192, col. 2.
    avahan 2 P.

    1 To strike, beat off, hit, kill.

    2 To destroy, remove; duritaṃ, kṣudhāṃ, dviṣaḥ &c.

    3 To thresh (as rice); avahatya taṃḍulān Dk. 132.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 106, col. 2.
    ava-√ han (Subj. 2. sg. -han, RV. v, 32, 1 and vi, 26, 5; Imper. 2. pl. -hantanā, RV. ii, 34, 9 Imper. 2. sg. -jahi; impf. 2. and 3. sg. -áhan, or ahan; perf. 2. sg. -jaghantha) to throw down, strike, hit, RV.; AV.; MBh. ii, 915; Ved. to drive away, expel, keep off, fend off, RV.; AV. &c.; chiefly Ved. to thresh, RV. i, 195, 2 (p. fem. -ghnatī), TS. &c.: Ā. -jighnate, to throw down, RV. i, 80, 5: Caus. (Pot. -ghātayet) to cause to thresh, ŚBr. xiv : Intens. (Imper. 2. sg. -jaṅghanīhi) to drive away, fend off, AV. v, 20, 8.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 261.
    avahan 2 P. 1 To strike, beat off, hit, kill. -2 To destroy, remove; duritam, kṣudhām, dviṣaḥ &c. -3 To thresh (as rice); avahatya taṇḍulān Dk.132.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 91, col. 1.
    ava-HAN- frapper; écarter (en frappant), repousser; battre (le blé); caus. faire battre (le blé).